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http://www.allpar.com/cars/dodge/challenger.html

what ya think?

looks and sounds good

but I think it maybe too late for the show, the car should be out now

As a boy who grew up in the muscle car era of the sixties and seventies, I was saddened and disgusted to see the platform currently carrying the Charger name.

But the car shown at this link causes the pulse to quicken, as does the 05 Stang. I think Daimler-Chrysler is onto something here.

Now we can only hope to see GM reverse their cranial-rectal insertion and get the Camaro-Firebird back on the streets. No wonder they are in the red, leaving that market to the Mustang alone.

ya, I really don't like the charger name on the current charger neither should have called it something else


on a side note, this isn't a hard fact folks,

but rumor has it they are working on a 440 cubic inch hemi, it maybe called the 440 six pack, it maybe put in the new viper to replace the current V-10, horsepower would be about 575

another rumor is they also MIGHT make (long shot) a cuda version of the challenger, called chrysler cuda or hemi cuda. it will be a limited edition, even less to be made than the challenger

I'll still take a '69 Charger, or like vintage Challenger or 'Cuda over the new breed. If I want a muscle car, all I want is pure, unadulterated muscle... horsepower, torque, and steel. That's it.

Then again, a Shelby Cobra kit worked up on a new-breed FI 7.4L V-8, chipped, with a tuned exhaust, 6-speed manual, and charged up wouldn't upset me at all...

the ultimate....
a challenger ragtop 340-6pack

had a 72 Challenger in my youth

Looks like they're doing a better job with the Challenger than they did with the Charger. When the first pictures of the new Chargers popped up on the internet I sent some to my dad who owned a '69 Charger with a 440 back in his younger days. His response: "Looks like a fu*&^@ BMW. The General Lee wouldn't be impressed."

The concept car Charger looked fantastic - you couldn't tell it was a 4door. But the one that made it to production should have been called a Fury, or a 300, or anything but Charger.

This Challenger concept car also looks fantastic. It has all the right visual cues. I just hope it doesn''t morph into a Gremlin by the time it's in the showrooms.

grouseman
(also a big-time Moparman)

Good to see the Moparheads and motorheads around the campfire. I too, grew up watching Roadrunners and Super Bees, Chargers and Challengers. My thoughts:
1. I agree with all who say the current vehicle named "Charger" shouldn't be. Chargers were 2-door vehicles, period. This Magnum-with-a-trunk is a decent car, but it's no Charger.
2. I have a 5.7 Hemi in a 2004 Ram truck. It is a fine engine in search of an equally fine transmission. Am I the only soul who sees the 6-speed Viper tranny as the correct stir-stick for the new-gen Hemis? Why doesn't Chrysler offer a manual trans option on the 1500 series trucks? With a 6-speed trans you could have 4.11 gears and still cruise at low RPMs. Add MDS, and you could get decent cruise economy from a performance engine.
3. Why not offer the 5.7 in a Dakota? F-U-N!!!
4. If the new Challenger is to make it, it has to have serious V-8 torque, a 6-speed manual, and great handling.
5. Why do all Ram trucks sit at nosebleed height? Can't the factory offer a decent ride height option for folks who don't spend time offroad? My 5 feet 5 inches wife doesn't like the pole-vault entry, even with step bars. Yes, you can add a lowering kit, for $500-600 plus install. Why not offer a factory option drop of 2" nose, 4" tail? The competition offers trucks at a sedan ride height.

The suits at Chrysler are impossible to understand. I want my company back in American hands.

Mainframe

Personally I'D prefer one of these:



Or one of these pick your color.

When I was kid I saved every penny I made and when I turned sixteen I bought and my Dad cosigned for me a 71 chevelle SS 396 factory 402 muncie four speed 12 bolt posi I was the second owner of this car it had 69000 miles on it when I got it. Man was that a bad a$$ ride. I�m sorry I got to go I�m starting to cry�. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I was raised on a steady diet of Mopars and this one definitely has the excitement like the original muscle cars. Much more so than the 4 door Charger. An SRT-8 with a 6 speed would be so damn much fun! I don't think they've incorporated MDS into the SRT series yet, but they need to get the show on the road. Hope they build it.

for a truly retro ride it has to come with a quadraphonic 8-track player <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

There are two of them currently running around good ol Charlotte County, man do they sound GOOD! That from a Mopar freak.

ya the Ford GT is nice, but big bucks

http://www.autoblog.com/entry/1234000270066570/

http://www.autoblog.com/entry/1234000800071254/

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2157602

Yeah!! I think I still have a Roger Miller 8 track somewhere. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Actually I towed one of these home last summer it just needs to be reassembled:





There was only 800 of them ever built.

that buick does have a different looking rear end

what model is it?

My wife had the first 300 in our city, the charger is basically the same car with different sheet metal. Lesley sure likes her's.